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The wellness world’s conspiracy problem is linked to Orientalism

The Western wellness world loves to reference East and South Asian traditions, often without historical context and based upon an…

3 years ago

The surgeon general wants Facebook to do more to stop Covid-19 lies

Dr. Vivek Murthy, United States Surgeon General, is taking a stand against health misinformation. | Samuel Corum/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesDr.…

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Keep an eye on breakthrough Covid-19 cases. But don’t freak out.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported cases of people falling ill with Covid-19 after getting vaccinated. |…

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Tennessee has one of the lowest vax rates. Republicans are working to keep it that way.

Only about 38 percent of Tennessee’s population has been fully vaccinated as of July 14. | Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesTennessee Republicans…

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Why America’s story requires revision

Author Kiese Laymon signs copies of his book Long Division at Books and Books on July 11, 2013, in Coral…

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Q&A: Senior Correspondent Dylan Matthews on Covering the Child Tax Credit

Matthews has been writing about the idea of child allowances since 2016. Today, families begin receiving the expanded child tax…

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America’s monopoly problem stretches far beyond Big Tech

Delta Airlines and United Airlines planes on a runway in Salt Lake City on April 15, 2008, the day Delta…

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What we’ve learned about Britney Spears’s conservatorship case changes everything

Protesters attend a #FreeBritney rally at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse on July 14, 2021, in Los Angeles. | Emma McIntyre/Getty…

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Artists laid the foundation for Cuba’s protests. An economy in free fall and the pandemic ignited it.

Cuban citizens residing in Ecuador demonstrate against the government of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on July 13, 2021, in front…

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From Macy’s to Ace Hardware, facial recognition is already everywhere

Rite Aid had deployed facial recognition in at least 200 stores over eight years, before ditching the technology last year.…

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